Can-opener



No. 749,548. PATENTED JAN. 12, 1904. U. A. FORD.

CAN OPENER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.15, 1903. no MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented January 12, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

CAN-OPENER.

srncmrcArroN forming part of Letters Patent No. 749,548, dated January 12, 1904..

Application filed September 16, 1903. Serial No. 173,248. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. FORD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Madison,

in the county of J eiferson and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Can-Openers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to can-openers.

The object of the present invention is the provision of a can-opener of simple, durable, and inexpensive construction, having improved means for opening either round or square cans; and with this object in view the invention embraces certain novel features and combinations of parts set forth in detail hereinafter and recited in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a planview; Fig. 2, an edge View; Fig. 3, a perspective detail of the opener for square cans, and Fig. 1 a view illustrating the manner of using the opener for square cans.

The device has a fiat rigid bar 1 and a handle 2 of any approved form. A double-edged opener or knife 3 is secured to the bar 1 by a square shank 1, entered in the latter.

Slidable on the bar 1, but easily fitting it, is a rectangular loop 5, having an integral centering-point 6.

One corner 6 at the end of bar 1 is pointed, and at a suitable distance from said point a knife 7 is rigidly secured to the edge of the bar and projects therefrom. The sharpened edge 8 of this knife is at a suitable angle to the edge of the bar to permit proper manipulation in operating the opener, and the rear edge 9 is properly curved or rounded.

Projecting laterally from the knife 7 a short distance inwardly from the edge 9 is a rounded fulcrum-pin 10, having a bent or hooked end 11.

A corkscrew 12, having a hub 13 pivoted on a pin 14 on bar 1, is adapted to be folded on the bar when not in use or swung outwardly at right angles when desired for use.

, To open a round can, the loop 5 is slid the proper distance from knife 3 and centered in the can top or head, and as the handle and bar 1 are swung on the point 6 as a center the knife 3 cuts a circle in the can-head. The loop 5 remains where positioned during this operation.

The manner of using the device to open a square can is shown in Fig. 4.. The knife 7 is sunk into the can-top and the hooked fulcrum-pin 10 allowed to rest on the can-top and take over the edge of the can. The tool is then rocked forwardly and backwardly on the point 6 and pin 10 as alternate fulcrums, which action causes a rapid forward cutting action by the edge 8, the hook 11 serving to keep the knife working parallel to the side of the can.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

1. A can-opener, comprising a bar, a fixed knife projecting laterally therefrom, a loop slidable on said bar and carrying a centeringpoint projecting laterally therefrom, a cutting-blade projecting from the end of said bar, and a fulcrum-pin projecting laterally from said blade and having a hooked guide portion parallel with said blade.

2. A can-opener, comprising a bar 1 having a pointed end 6, a blade 7 rigid with said bar and projecting therefrom adjacent to said point 6, and a fulcrum-pin 10 projecting laterally from said blade and having a hooked end 11.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES A. FORD.

Witnesses: A. J. GRAYsoN, SIMEoN E. LELAND. 

